You can find this anywhere, of course. Still, given that we’ve talked at length about the issues that prompted this speech, it seems odd not to post the text here.

I’m just home from jury duty but will try to think of something to say about this later. For now, though, I haven’t seen it; I’ve only read it. But it seems like a very good speech. Check that, an uncommonly good speech, noteworthy for its candor and eloquence. I want to say that Obama could, almost singlehandedly, usher in a new era in which oratory and political rhetoric matter again. But I’m not ready to commit to that sentiment just yet. I will, however, say this: if the rumors are true, and Obama wrote this himself over the past few days, it’s hard not to be awed by his skillz.

And now I have to run to my older son’s t-ball game. I can’t be late. Priorities.